Argh! I need to build the bust of a pirate.

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Gage on January 25, 2010 at 11:09am

Thanks for the reply Sherry! I really would like to make it cake. I have seen cakes on the web that were made that way so will keep looking. Check out www.winbeckler.com, he has a Lincoln bust on there that is perfect.

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Permalink Reply by Dena Bryngelson on January 26, 2010 at 10:03am

If I were making a bust I would start with a 3/4 inch plywood board, hot glue cake board to the top....drill a hole through a 1/2 inch pvc plug and the board, screw the plug down to the board add a coupler and then a length of pvc pipe the height that I wanted my bust to be. Add cakes by sliding them down the pvc pole, carve the cakes...mark the one side with a line of buttercream...take them down two layers at a time and put onto boards aligning the marker line...cut the boards to fit the cakes...fill...reassemble with dowels between every two layers of cake...ice and airbrush. I made a two and a half foot vodka bottle with this method and it stayed upright just fine. Make sure your board is large enough that the top heavy cake won't topple in transit...hasn't happened to me but I do make a lot of top heavy cakes so I think about those things.

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Gage on January 26, 2010 at 10:52am

Dena Bryngelson said:

If I were making a bust I would start with a 3/4 inch plywood board, hot glue cake board to the top....drill a hole through a 1/2 inch pvc plug and the board, screw the plug down to the board add a coupler and then a length of pvc pipe the height that I wanted my bust to be. Add cakes by sliding them down the pvc pole, carve the cakes...mark the one side with a line of buttercream...take them down two layers at a time and put onto boards aligning the marker line...cut the boards to fit the cakes...fill...reassemble with dowels between every two layers of cake...ice and airbrush. I made a two and a half foot vodka bottle with this method and it stayed upright just fine. Make sure your board is large enough that the top heavy cake won't topple in transit...hasn't happened to me but I do make a lot of top heavy cakes so I think about those things.

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Permalink Reply by Gwen Gage on January 26, 2010 at 10:54am

Dena that is perfect!!! Thank you so much! I think I can do that. Do you cover your masterpieces with fondant or just use buttercream?

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Permalink Reply by Dena Bryngelson on January 26, 2010 at 2:33pm

I use buttercream on some and fondant on others...depends on what it's for and how much they are paying for it!

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